'Anyone deciding to download the free and open-source audio editor
Audacity is being warned that the software may now be classified as
spyware due to recent updates to its privacy policy. From a report:

Audacity has been around for over 21 years and classes as the world's
most popular audio editing software. On April 30, the Muse Group
acquired Audacity with the promise that the software would "remain
forever free and open source." However, as FOSS Post reports, last
week the Audacity privacy policy page was updated and introduced a
number of personal data collection clauses. The data collected
includes OS version and name, user country based on IP address, the
CPU being used, data related to Audacity error codes and crash
reports, and finally "Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation
and authorities' requests (if any)." The personal data collected can
be shared with Muse Group employees, auditors, advisors, legal
representatives and "similar agents," potential company buyers, and
"any competent law enforcement body, regulatory, government agency,
court or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary
(i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, or (ii) to exercise,
establish or defend our legal rights."'

-- source: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/21/07/05/2155212

How long before a fork occurs that will strip out these bits?

Cheers, Peter
--
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 577-5304
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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